The producers smartly filled up 90% of the hour with taped footage - I wasn't sure how many times I could take Martha saying the word, "finale" like, "fin-ahhhh-lee." Instead, we got to see how the final challenges played out. Dawna was to produce a Liz Claiborne fashion show and Bethenny had to organize a circus of some sort at CroBar. Both raised money for some very worthwhile charities, which is always nice. The show did a very poor job of showing us just what the two Project Managers did throughout the whole challenge. Now that I think about it, I have no idea what Dawna did on her own task and forget about Bethenny. I didn't really catch what anyone on her team did, let alone her.

Some would say that's the mark of a good project manager - and I wouldn't necessarily disagree. But it appeared that Amanda pretty much organized the entire fashion show. She picked the 40 outfits, wrote up the descriptions, and met with the exec from the company. Never once did I see Dawna even talk to the Liz Claiborne lady. This was probably a good thing because Linda Greenblatt was quite a biatch. I'm guessing the show told both she and the fat guy from the circus to, "Be mean, be aggressive, create some faux adversity," but only one of them heeded the advice. (The fat circus guy seemed too preoccupied with the endless free Pringles and apple juice provided by the sponsors. In fact, all he said during the entire show was, I think, "There's pizza and soda and stuff over there!")

However when Amanda said, "Liz ClaiBURN," Linda Greenblatt lashed out at her, "It's Liz ClaiBORNE! She continuously told Amanda that she was failing miserably throughout the task and generally came off as one of the more unpleasant people I've ever seen on television. Then again, she was dealing with the incompetent castoffs from Martha's "Apprentice," so I guess I can understand. And guys like Amanda can be a bit pig-headed too. Y'know, I was going to lay off the "Amanda is a dude" jokes this week, but then I saw her mustache. Oh dear.